tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 12 07:03:58 2003
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Re: once upon a time...
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From: "Quvar valer (Lieven)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 6:56 AM
Subject: once upon a time...
> How does one start a story?
>
> We certainly can't use {wa'logh}, since the expression "once upon a time"
seems to have an idiomatic
> use. A Klingon will understand it only literally: "once on the
time-period"...
>
> I found
> {nuja' tlhIngan wIch ja'wI'pu'?}
> "According to Klingon legend?"
>
> But what if it's not a Klingon legend?
>
> ideas?
>
> Quvar.
>
Why would a Klingon have a standard opening line for a story? They don't
even have a standard opening for a conversation.
I think they would simply start the story, without anything extraneous.
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